Comparing European workers. Part B, Policies and institutions

This second of two companion volumes places the labor markets, workplaces, jobs and workers of Europe in comparative perspective. It focuses on the politics, economics, sociology, and history of work and workers in Europe. It contains both qualitative and quantitative studies as well as explicitly t...

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Other Authors Brady, David, 1972-, Keister, Lisa A., 1968-
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2011.
SeriesResearch in the sociology of work ; v. 22, pt. 2.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780857249326
ISSN0277-2833 ;
DOI10.1108/S0277-2833(2011)22_Part_2
Physical Description1 online resource (312 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Activating workers? : the political economy of active social policy in postindustrial democracies / Duane Swank
  • Does European-style welfare generosity discourage single-mother employment? / Lane Destro, David Brady
  • Social protection dualism, de-industrialization and cost containment / Martin Seeleib-Kaiser, Adam M. Saunders, Marek Naczyk
  • From class to market : unionization in East European ex-Communist countries, 1990-2006 / Nathan D. Martin, Yunus Kaya
  • Organized labor in Europe, 1960-2006 : persistent diversity and shared decline / Sanjay Pinto, Jason Beckfield
  • Whose interests do unions represent? : unionization by income in Western Europe / Michael Becher, Jonas Pontusson
  • Labor, globalization and inequality : are trade unions still redistributive? / Lucio Baccaro
  • European workers : meaning-making beings / Caitlin Daniel, Eleni Arzoglou, Michèle Lamont.